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Zakayo succumbed to old age and Chronic Gastroenteritis ending a 54-year life journey that started in Semuliki National Park in Bundibugyo. The chimpanzee acted as the alpha male and oldest Chimp in the East, West and central Africa.

Grace Byishimo, another protester, says they want UWA to apologise over the incident and compensate the deceaseds family, arguing that the rangers should have arrested Abiyingoma and handed him to police if he committed a crime instead of shooting him to death.

Steven Rwagweri, the Executive Director Engabu Za Tooro, a cultural organisation in the region which initiated the Empaako inscription, says that the clan leaders will take charge of sensitising members of their respective clans on the importance of the tradition. He explains that the leaders will ensure that the Empaako traditional naming ceremonies are revived in communities.

Police in Kabale have launched investigations into circumstances under which a 60-year-old British national has died. Shukla Mukesh died on Saturday at around 5PM in Kyevu Butanda sub county, Kabale District.

Residents of Kagoma village in Kibiito Sub County, Bunyangabu district, have encroached on a key cultural site turning it into farm land. The site is where the first King of Tooro, Kaboyo Olimi I, was buried. Kaboyo Omuhundwa Kasunsunkwanzi Olimi I was the founder of Tooro Kingdom in 1822 when he rebelled against his father, Rukirabasaija Agutamba Nyamutukura Kyebambe III, the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara at that time.